Another Great Saturday Workout And An Early Christmas Gift – More Reps

I woke up this Saturday later than usual – around 8:30 – but I still wanted to put in at least an hour and a half. I had to run a few errands today, so I wasn’t able to meet up with my trainer. Unfortunately, that also meant that I didn’t get to go out to the high school track and run on that beautiful, rubberized surface 🙁 .

I did the same exercises that I have been doing for the last few weeks, however, I did increase the number of reps for some of them.

First, I did the 5 minute warm up from the Debbie Siebers’ Slim In 6 DVD (Start it Up). Then I did another 5 minutes of stretching.

After that, I went outside and did another 5 minutes of dynamic stretching and warm ups. Then I ran for 0.517 miles in about 9:33 – a ~3.2 mph pace. Yes, I know that’s really slow, but you have to realize that I’m a really fat guy, and I also mixed in a little bit of walking. It’s the only way that I can last for that long!

I came back inside and did 5 rounds of the 5-exercise circuit. Here is the detail of each round…

15 Ball Slams – I don’t own a medicine ball (yet), so I limited to only going through the motions. As I said before, I was shocked that just doing the movements really helped to raise my heart rate. I didn’t get a chance to use weights with the workout, but hopefully, that will come next week.

40 Lunges – I went back to doing 40 lunges during each circuit, since I eventually want to move on from this number. They were still the most grueling part of the workout – it’s hard to complete a lunge in great form when your quads are burning!

After the first circuit, I switched the order and did the lunges first, just to get them out of the way.

10 Push Ups – As I said before, it’s amazing to see just how hard a single push up is when you’re tired, your heart is racing, and your thighs are on fire! Moving the lunges to the beginning helped with the push ups, and I was able to get through most of the sets without resting (a big accomplishment for me).

I am expecting to be able to increase this number shortly; I have to if I want to have a chance to win the push ups challenge!

20 Squats – I have now managed to double my output from when I started. My plan is to increase this to 30 by the end of the year!

35 Crunches – One the 1st, 3rd, and 5th circuit, I did crunches. I did 20 oblique crunches (10 on each side), and 15 regular ones in each set.

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15 Full-Body Sit Ups – On the 2nd and 4th circuits, I did my normal full-body sit ups. They involve a lot more movement than crunches, and are much harder to do when your body is worn out. I kept my feet close together, which made the movement even more intense.

I want to use the weights on these as well – I really felt it in my abs during the last few sets!

Because I had to take care of some things today, I decided not to go for my post-workout run. To finish things off, I did the 14-minute stretching routine from Slim in 6.

Overall, this is what did:

15 Minute – Warm Up/Stretch

75 Ball Slams

200 Lunges

50 Push Ups

100 Squats

30 Full-Body Sit Ups

105 Crunches (60 Oblique & 45 Regular)

Running ~ 1/2 Mile for 9:33

This workout lasted for about 90 minutes and I felt great after doing it. I had energy throughout the day, and I even walked right passed one of the best pizza places known to man in order to get my hair cut. I just snacked on some raw almonds and went about my business!

I’m glad that I was able to increase my reps and add a new exercise to my routine, I can’t wait to see/feel a difference. My wife even told me that she can see my body changing!!! 😀

Comments

Hi writer, I don’t want to call you as your pen name 🙂
Reading your article I can conclude that you are so good in managing time. I myself, in my busy day I usually do sit up for 30 reps, push up for about 50 reps, and train my biceps for 30 reps. So, thank you for giving me idea to manage the better exercise, I wish I can do it well.

Good job getting it done on your own (without your trainer)! One suggestion I would make is to be wary of doing full sit-ups. They can really mess up your back. I don’t know if your doing any planking yet, but both the front plank and side plank are great at working your abs and core, without putting your back at risk. Hopefully you’re already doing some of those, or will be doing them soon.
Keep up the good work!